'Sulyard2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Sulyard of Flemings, Sulyard of Haughley

Sir John Sulyard or Suliard of Flemings Hall in Runwell, Essex

1.

Eustace Sulyard of Flemings (d by 1547)

m. Margaret Bassett (possibly widow of Gregory Ballet)

A.

Sir William Sulyard of Flemings

m. Anne Eden of Sudbury

i.

William Sulyard (dsp)

m. Mary Gray (dau of Henry, Lord Gray of Groby)

ii.

Edward Sulyard of Flemings (a 1634)

iii.

Thomas Sulyard of Flemings

m. Anne Hall (dau of Thomas Hall or Hale of Heigham, widow of Hamon Thurston, alderman of Norwich)

a.

Edward Sulyard of Flemings (b c1620, d unm 07.11.1692)

b.

Thomas Sulyard (3rd son)

The following comes from Berry's Essex Pedigrees (1878, Tirrell or Tyrrell) which shows Dorothy as niece of Edward, probably daughter of Thomas.

(1)

Dorothy Sulyard

m. William Marlow of Flemyngs

(A)

Mary Marlow (b c1686, d 31.12.1767)

m. John Tyrell of Billericay (b 1686/7, d 04.05.1729)

c.+

other issue - Augustin, Anne, Dorothy

B.

Margaret Sulyard (bur 15.08.1590)

m1. Thomas Darcy of Tolleshunt (d 02.09.1586)

m2. (12.1588) Bassingbourne Gawdy of Mendham & West Harling (d 20.01.1589)

Edward Sulyard 'of Wetherden' (bur 21.05.1605)

m1. (01.07.1565) Anne Heydon (bur 10.06.1578, dau of Thomas Heydon of Norwich)

Visitation (Suffolk) indicates probability rather than certainty that it was Anne Heydon who was mother of ...

1.

Sir John Sulyard of Haughley, Suffolk

m. Philip(a) Sheldon (dau of Ralph Sheldon of Beoley)

A.

Sir Edward Sulyard of Haughley (a 1664)

m. Margaret Stourton (dau of Edward, Lord Stourton)

B.

Ralph Sulyard

m. Elizabeth Wilford (dau of James Wilford of Wandsworth)

Other than to show that Ralph had a son called Edward, Visitation ends with this generation. The dates in the Stourton records indicate that Sir Edward was probably quite elderly by 1664. As the Visitation does not mention any children for Sir Edward, it is presumed (but could be wrong) that it was Ralph's son Edward who succeeded to Haughley.

i.

Edward Sulyard of Haughley possibly the Edward who married ...

m. Penelope Gage (dau of Sir Edward Gage, 1st Bart of Hengrave)

a.

?? Sulyarde presumed intermediary generation

(1)

Edward Sulyarde of Haughley (Hawley) Park

m. Susanna Ravenscroft (dau of John Ravenscroft of Wykeham) mother of Frances, presumed also of Lucy

(A)

Frances Henrietta Sulyarde (d 14.11.1832)

m. (26.12.1799) Sir George William Jerningham, later Stafford-Jerningham, 7th Bart, 8th Baron Stafford (b 27.04.1771, d 04.10.1851)

(B)

Lucy Sulyarde

m. (1803) Hugh Philip Smythe (b 1769, d 17.05.1822)

B.

Ralph Sulyard

m. Elizabeth Wilford (dau of James Wilford of Wandsworth)

i.

Edward Sulyard

m2. Frances Dawnay (dau of Sir Thomas Dawnay of Cowick, widow of Sir William Babthorpe of Babthorpe & Osgodby)

Probably of this generation, but not sure of which marriage, was ...

2.

Ann Sulyard

m. Henry Norton of Halesworth

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (Essex, 1634, Suliard)
(2) For lower section : Visitation (Suffolk, 1664-8, Sulyard of Haughley)
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